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HARRISON S. EDWARDS, OF HARDYVILLE, KENTUCKY.

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I To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that .I, HARRISON S. Enwanns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hardyville, in the county of Hart and State of Kentuckv, have invented a new and useful Baling-Press, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to baling presses, one of the objects of the invention being to provide automatic means for compressing "the material being baled and feeding the tie wires to the compressed material so that said wires can be fastened in position to hold the completed bales under compression.

A further object is to provide a baling press utilizing a series ofspacing blocks adapted to be brought successively into position within the machine, each spacing block including mechanism for twisting and cutting the tie wires, thus to complete the formation of the bales.

Another object is to provide spacing blocks which. when fed to the machine will operate to draw the tie wires about the compressed material and position the twisting and cutting mechanisms so that they will engage and sever the wires.

A further ob ect is to provlde twlstlng and. cutting mechanism in the spacing blocks which will be operated by the movement of the blocks through the compression chamber under the action of the follower employed for compressing the material into place.

A still further object is to provide means for automatically feeding the spacing blocks to the machine and for automatically reset-- ting the feeding means where the same can be supplied with another spacing block after being delivered from the compression chamber. 1

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the-invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the machine showing the parts in the positions assumed Specification of Letters'latent.

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thereby immediately following the delivery gt a spacing block to'the compression cham- Fig. 2 is a central, vertical, longitudinal section through the machine and showing a spacing block about to be delivered thereto.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the machine, one of thespacing blocks being supported beyond one side of the compression chamber or press box prior to being brought to position over the inlet of said press box. a

Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical transverse section on line 4-4 Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged vertical transverse section on line 55 Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged plan View of one end portion of the press box with part of the superstructure removed and showing the supporting arm of the spacing block extended laterally.

Fig. 7 is a similar view showing said arm locked in position to support a spacing block above the inlet of the press box.

Fig. 8 is a perspective view ofthe dog which moves with the arm shown in Figs. 6 and 7.

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of one end portion of the latch employed for holding said dog against movement.

Fig. 10 is a perspective view of the upper end portion of the latch lift device carried by the spacing block.

Fig. 11 is a vertical longitudinal section through one of the spacing blocks, said section being taken on the line 1111 Fig. 13.

. Fig. 12 is a section on line 1212 Fig. 11.

Fig. 13 is a section on line 13-13 Fig. 11.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, 1 designates the base of the machine, the same being supported preferably by walls 2. At one end of this base is erected an inclined feed board 3 arranged between upstanding side walls 4 and spaced, at its lower end. from the base 1 to provide an opening in which a follower 5 is designed to reciprocate. This follower has longitudinal grooves 6 in its bottom face and is supported on the base 1. Reels 7 are mounted in the base and under the feed board 3 and 'these reels have tie wires W wound thereon.

from the lower end of the feed board 3 so as to form a. feed opening 9.

Journaled in the cross board 8 are reels 10 and the tie wires W are also wound on these reels so that at the beginning of the operation of the machine each tie wire will be wound on one reel 7 and on one reel 10 and will extend across the openin 9 in the path of material which may be fed therethrough.

Standards 11 are mounted on the base 1 and support the upper end of the feed board 3. These standards are connected, at their upper ends by a transverse shaft 12 constituting the fulcrum of a beam 13, the lower end portion of which is connected by a pitman 15 to the outer end of the follower 5. A longitudinal slot 16 is formed in the lower portion of the beam and working within this slot is the crank 17 of a shaft 18 which is journaled in the standards 11. This shaft may be driven in any manner desired. For example, it may be provided with a gear 19 constantly meshing with a smaller gear 20 secured to a shaft 21 to which is attached a belt wheel 22. An endless belt 23 which, if desired, can be in the form of a sprocket chain, is employed for transmitting motion to the wheel 22 from a motor 24 mounted on an extension platform 25 projecting laterally from the base 1 at one end thereof.

Pivotally connected to the upper end of the beam 13 is a push bar 26 the lower end of which is formed with an enlargement or foot 27. It will be apparent that when the shaft 18 is rotated the crank 17, working in the slot 16,will cause the beam 13 to oscillate with the result that the foot 27 will be drawn upwardly along the feed board 3 and then thrust downwardlyso as to direct through the opening 9, any material which may have been deposited in the hopper and in the path of the foot.

Erected on the base 1 and extending therealong from the cross board 8 is a press box 28 the side walls of which are preferably formed of spaced slats such as ordinarily employed in the construction of devices of this character, and this press box is likewise preferably provided with tension rods 29 arranged at the sides thereof and provided with nuts 30 whereby the discharge end of the press box can be contracted to any desirable extent, thereby to retard the delivery of bales from the press box. Both ends of the press box areopen and hingedly con nected to one end of the base, as shown at 31, is an-extension board 32 having legs 33 hingedly attached thereto. When the machine is not in use, this extension board is arranged vertically in the delivery end of, the press box with its legs hanging down- .wardly therefrom. However, when the machine is to be used, the extension board is lowered as shown in Fig. 2 thus to provide a. projecting platform for supporting the bales as they are delivered from the machine.

A cross board 34 is mounted on the top of the press box and is spaced from but arallel with the board 8, these two boards eing connected at one side of the machine by a side board 35. An opening 36 is provided in the top of the press box between these boards and overhanging this opening is an arm 37 extending from a standard 38 which is fixedly connected .to the board 8. This arm is provided with a'recess 39 extending upwardly thereinto directly over the.

center of the opening 36.

An upstanding frame 40 including a bearing sleeve 41, is mounted on the press box between the delivery end thereof and the board 34, and journaled within the sleeve 41 is a vertical shaft 42 from the upper end of which extends an arm 43. This arm has a terminal offset portion 44 from the free end of which projects an upwardly extending angular finger 45 the end portion of which is preferably notched as indicated at 46. The arm 43 is so proportioned that when it is extended longitudinally of the machine. as shown for example in Fig. 1, the finger 45 will have passed through the notch 39 in the arm 37. When the arm 43 is extended laterally, or at right angles to the position shown in Fig. 1, the finger 45 will be located beyond one side of the press box.

Secured to the lower end of the shaft 42 is a dog 47 and connected to this dog is one end of a coiled spring 48 which spring is adapted to extend partly around the shaft 42 and is secured to one side portion of the top of the press box. The spring thus serves laterally from the press box.

Extending longitudinally within a portion of the press box at one side thereof and close to the top is a rack 49 and secured to the top of the press box at its delivery end and extending toward the other end thereof is a spring tongue 50 constituting a latch. The free end portion of this tongue is offset upwardly as indicated particularly at 51 in Fig. 9, and the terminal of the latch is normally located in the path of moy'ement of the dog 47. Thus the arm 43 can he swung from the position shown in Fig. 6 to the position shown in Fig. 7 and during this movement, the dog 47 will lift up the free end of the latch 50.

Formed within the base 1 are spaced slots 52 and working in each of these slots is the upper serrated end 53 of a lever 54. The lower end of each lever is connected by a spring 55 to the base 1 so that the upper end of the lever is thus normally yieldingly held projected upwardly beyond the base 1. .These levers are preferably located in a aaaaea vertical plane extending transversely through the press box adjacent where the inner end of the rack 49 is located.

In connection with the mechanism described there are used a series of spacing each of which is provided. with a longitudinal slot 59 extending to and slightly past the center of the spool. These spools are arranged side by side and .each is provided with a gear 60, the two gears meshing. One of the gears 60 constantly meshes with a gear 61 secured to the lower end of a vertical shaft 62 journaled in the frame 56 and provided near its upper end with a gear 63.

The shaft 62 projects a short distance above this gear and also projecting from the top of the frame 56 close to and at one side of the gear 62 is a trip finger 64.

The frame 56 is provided with two longitudinal slots 65 which extend within the bottom thereof and in vertical alinement with the centers of the spools 58, these slots being extended upwardly within the closed back walls of the frame so as to expose the ends of the spools. Mounted on each end of each spool close to and outside of the plates 57 are twisting fingers 66 which are arranged in pairs, the fingers of each pair being oppositely curved and extending in op.- posite directions as shown particularly in Fig. 12.

Secured to each-spool 58 back of the front plate 57 is a disk 67 and this disk is notched as at 68 to constitute a cutter. It is to be understood that each slot 59 is of a width slightly greater than the diameter of a tie wire W and when two or more wires are extended into the slot they will be held in a plane extending diametrically through the spool, as shown-in Fig. 12.

Under normal conditions the upper ends 53 of the levers 54 are extended above the base 1, and the arm 43 is extended laterally from the machine as shown in Fig. 6. Shaft "18 is then set in motion and will cause the downwardly through the opening 9 and against the tie wires W which are extended directly from reels 7 to reels 10. Each time the foot 27 is elevated the follower 5 is thrust forwardly, thereby forcing the material in the path thereofforwardly into the press box and past the opening 36. This action will also cause the tie wires to unwind from the reels and assume positions along parallel lines upon the top and bottom of the compressed material. The top portions of the tie wires will be extended across the opening 36 while material is being com pressed. A spacing block is lowered through the opening 36 as soon as the desired amount of material has been compressed, and when this block is lowered it will receive the upper portions of the tie wires W within the slots 65 and press said upper portions downwardly until the block rests on the base 1 with the lower portions of the tie wires in the slots 65. Thus the upper portions of the tie wires will be extended upwardly along the back face of'the spacing block 56 and to the reels 10. Continued feeding of the material into'the baling press will cause said material to be packed back of said spacing block and the plun er 5 will force this material, thespacing lock, and the bale first formed, longitudinally of .the press box. As

the spacing block arrives above the levers 54, said levers will press the-wires upwardly so as to seat them in the slots 59 which normally open downwardly, said wires assuming the positions shown in Fig. 12. While the wires are thus supported the gear '63 comes into mesh with the rack 49 so that continued advancement of the spacing block will result in the rotation of the. gear. Motion will thus be transmitted through the shaft 62 and the gears 61 and 60 to the,

spools 58 with the result that the wires will be twisted-at the ends of the spools, such twisting action continuing during the movement 0 the spacing block and until. the rotating cutting disks 67 sever the wires. This severance will take place immediately after the twisting of the wires and will'leave the wires securely tied about the finished bale and also tied together at the advancing end of the bale being formed. As the tying of the bale is being completed, the projecting end of the shaft 62 is brought against the dog 47, thereby. swinging the dog against the action of its spring 48 from the position shown in Fig. 6 to the position shown in Fig. 7. As the dog reaches the last named position it passes under and elevates the free end portion of the latch 50, and said latch finally springs back of the dog so as to hold it in the position shown in Fig. 7. When the d g is swung to the position shown in Fig. 7 the arm 43, which supports another spacing block by means of its bale said wires, into the slots 65. Thus the operation before described will be repeated. After the twisting and cutting operation has been performed the finger 64 will come against the inclined portion 51 of the latch 50 and lift the latch out of engagement with the dog 47 Spring 48 will promptly return this dog to its initial position, bringing the arm 43 to its normal position beyond one side of the machine. Another spacing block can then be suspended from the finger of this arm and the machine will thus be set to repeat the operation of depositing a block in the press box. In practice it ,hasbeen found that it is only necessary to use three, or at most four, spacing blocks, the parts being so timed that one of the spacing blocks will be delivered on to the extension bar 32 just after another spacing block has been deposited in the opening 36. Consequently the delivery block can be immediately transferred to the laterally extending arm 43 so as to be again used in the press box.

What is claimed is:

1. In a baling press a press box having --an inlet, means for fe ing a tie wire across the inlet and about the compressed material in the press box, a spacing block insertible into the press box and into engagement with the tie wire, means for compressing material and shifting said material andthe spacing blockwithin the press box, and means operated by the movement of the spacing block in the press box for twisting and severing the tie wire.

2. Ina baling press including a press box and a follower, means for feeding a tie wire to the press box and into the path of the follower and the material being compressed, a spacing block insertible in the path of said follower, and means operated by the movement of the spacing block under the action of the follower for twistin and severing the tie wire to complete a ale.

3. The combination with the press box and follower of a baling press and means for supplying tie wires thereto, said wires being paid out by the movement of the follower and the material compressed thereby, of a spacing block insertible into the press box and into engagement with the 'tie wires, said block constituting a weight for bringing together the upper and lower portions of the tie wires back of the bale being formed. I i

4. The combination with the press box and follower of a baling press and means for supplying tie wires thereto, said wires being paid out by the movement of the follower and the material compressed thereby,

of a spacing block insertible into the press box and into engagement with the tie wires, said block constltuting a weight for bringing together the upper and lower portions of the tie wires back of the bale being formed, and mechanism carried by the spacing block for engaging and twisting said wires during the movement of the block under the action of the follower.

5. The combination with the press box and follower of a baling press, and means for directing tie wires into the press box and into the path of the follower and. of material bein compressed, said wires hav-- ing upper an lower portions engaging the compressed material, of an arm mounted to swing horizontally relative to and above the press box, a spacing block removably supported by the arm, a spacing block movably mounted within the press box and under the action of the follower, means operated by a spacing block when brought to alpredetermined position within the press box for swinging the arm to position the supported spacing block above the press box, means for automatically disengaging the'supported spacing block from the arm to deposit it upon and draw together the wires within the press box, means carried by the respective spacing blocks and operated by the movement of said blocks within the press box for twistin together the upper and lower portions 0 the tie wires to complete a bale, and means for automatically returning the arm to its initial position when relieved of a spacing block.

6. In a baling press the combination with a press box and a follower, of a dog mounted for rotation within the press box, a supporting arm movable therewith and extending laterally beyond the press box, a latch in the path of the dog, a spacing block in the path of the follower adapted to be actuated by the follower, means carried byfthe spacing block for shifting the dog into engagement with its latch and swing the arm out of normal position, a spacing lock carried by the arm, means for automatically disengagin said carried spacin block and I delivering 1t into the path of-t e follower,

means upon the first n'amedspacin gagement with the weighted tie wires, and gearing for actuating t e twisting element, said gearing being movable into mesh with and adapted to be actuated by the rack.

8. In a balin press the combination with a press box an upper and. lower tie wires therein, of a spacing block insertible downwardly into the press box and constituting a weight for drawing the tie wires together said block having longitudinally slotted twisting spools, there being tie wire receiving slots in the bottom of the block and normally registerin with the slots in the spools, a follower or shifting the spacing block longitudinally within the press box, and means for simultaneously rotating the spools during such movement.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in'the presence of two witnesses.

HARRISON S. EDWARDS.

Witnesses:

A. H. RENICK, E. (J. Human. 

